Bowling Green vs Lake Caroline

A side-by-side comparison of Bowling Green and Lake Caroline: population, income, housing, and more.

Bowling Green and Lake Caroline are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Caroline has the higher population (2,708 vs 1,455 in Bowling Green). Lake Caroline has the higher median household income ($88,222 vs $69,352 in Bowling Green). Bowling Green has the higher median home value ($307,100 vs $291,300 in Lake Caroline).

Population, income & housing

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
Population	1,455	2,708
Median age	39.9 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,352	$88,222
Median home value	$307,100	$291,300
Median gross rent	$544	$1,634
Housing units	619	1,210
Homeownership rate	61.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
Population	1,249 → 1,455 (+16.5%)	1,523 → 2,708 (+77.8%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $69,352 (+21.1%)	$51,394 → $88,222 (+71.7%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $307,100 (+30.3%)	$192,300 → $291,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$934 → $544 (-41.8%)	$1,352 → $1,634 (+20.9%)

Bowling Green

Population

1,2491,455

Median household income

$57,250$69,352

Median home value

$235,700$307,100

Median gross rent

$934$544

Lake Caroline

Population

1,5232,708

Median household income

$51,394$88,222

Median home value

$192,300$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	27.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	25.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	5.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	6.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.8%
75 and over	13.2%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	59.8%
Black or African American	11.2%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
No high school diploma	13.2%	13.5%
High school graduate	39.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
Drove alone	81.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
1-unit, detached	61.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowling Green	Lake Caroline
Poverty rate	10.8%	21.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	33	51
Median year structure built	1973	2000